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Foul Cascade Guide (Levels 28-32)
The Foul Cascade can be found in the North part of the Scarlet Gorge. It is accessible by both the Defiant and Guardians.
Faction: Defiant and Guardian
Recommended Level: 28-33
Time to Clear: Less than 30 Minutes
Foul Cascade Entrance in Scarlet Gorge
Foul Cascade BossesFoul Cascade Bosses
(1) Krasimir Barionov
(2) Countess Surin Skenobar
(3) Matron Verosa
(4) Queen VallnaraFoul Cascade Loot
Krasimir Barionov
Countess Surin Skenobar
Matron Verosa
Queen VallnaraFoul Cascade Quests
Corrupted Queen
Corrupted Rituals (Defiant)
Heart of Stone (Defiant)
Orders from Alsbeth (Guardian)
Gnar Residue (Guardian)
Video of an entire Foul Cascade Dungeon run
Krasimir Barionov, Countess Surin Skenobar, Matron Verosa, and Queen Vallnar in Foul CascadeThe first boss of Foul Cascade. He begins the fight immune to all attacks and does not engage. In order to remove his immunity, you must defeat 3 waves of mobs. They are not hard and do nothing special.
Wave One: 5 Animated Corpses (Regular Mobs)
Wave Two: 3 Reconstructed Corpses (Elite Mobs)
Wave Three: 2 Reconstructed Abominations (Elite Mobs)After Wave Three, Krasimir Barionov engages. It is a fairly simple fight. Every 15-25 seconds he will knockback those within melee range of him. This will also deal quite a bit of AoE damage. It is easily healable though. If a melee is low on health after a knockback, wait to be healed before re-engaging.
The second boss of Foul Cascade. She is a bit tougher than Krasimir Barionov. For the majority of the fight, she will just simply nuke the tank. However, every 30 seconds or so she will begin teleporting around random spots and using a powerful AoE. She will cast 4 AoE's dealing about 500 damage each cast. It is very important to save quick group heals for this or you may lose most of your group. She should only do this 2 or 3 times during the fight before she dies.
The third boss of Foul Cascade. She is by far the toughest boss. The encounter involves 3 bosses, Matron Verosa, Lesch, and Gurze.
Matron Verosa
Death Bolt: Single target DD
Death Storm: AoE DDLesch
Staggering Blitz: Powerful charge and stunGurze
Rendering Cleave: Powerful frontal AoEThe Encounter
In the beginning of the fight, Lesch and Gurze are inactive and immune. You must engage Matron Verosa. At this time, she will only use Death Bolt.Once she is at 75% health, she will become immune and Lesch will engage. Lesch will use Staggering Blitz for the entire encounter.
Once Lesch is at 50% health, he will become immune and Gurze will engage. Gurze will use Rendering Cleave for the entire encounter.
Once Gurze is at 50% health, he will become immune and Lesch will re-engage. It is now time to kill Lesch.
Once Lesch is dead, kill Gurze. Finally, Matron Verosa will re-engage and begin using Death Storm. Kill Matron Verosa.
Strategy
The best strategy for this fight is for everyone to stay within melee range of the mobs. Your tank should also tank all the mobs facing away from the rest of the group. Staying within melee range will keep Lesch from using Staggering Blitz, which can kill a group member in a single hit. If the tank faces the mobs away from the rest of the group, nobody else will be hit by Rendering Cleave, also a very powerful ability.Everyone should charge to the mobs and get Matron Verosa down to 75%. Then, everyone needs to switch to Lesch and get him down to 50%. Next, switch to Gurze and get him to 50%.
This is the point where it begins to get complicated unless you have a beefy tank. The tank will now be taking a lot of damage. Use whatever cooldowns you have to keep the tank alive and burn down Lesch and then Gurze. This is the toughest part of the encounter.
Once Lesch and Gurze are dead, Matron Verosa is all that is left. She will use Death Storm quite frequently, which is a powerful AoE. Once Lesch is dead, it is safe to be at maximum range, which can help some of your group avoid Death Storm. Burn Matron Verosa down while using group heals as necessary.
The final boss of Foul Cascade. You must destroy the 3 Death Idols to begin the encounter. Queen Vallnara is a relatively simple event and is fairly easy compared to the others. Every 20 seconds or so Queen Vallnara will charge a group member and Impregnate them. This deals a decent amount of damage, but more importantly, that person will spawn a Gnar Hatchling after a few seconds. It is very important that your tank picks up the Gnar Hatchling immediately. It is also helpful if the group kills the Gnar Hatchling, as 2 or 3 can make it near impossible to keep your tank alive.
In addition to the Impregnates and Gnar Hatchlings, Queen Vallnara will constantly drop AoE's on the ground beneath her. Do not stand in them! They do not hurt much, but standing in them for 5+ seconds will really put a burden on your healer. To avoid them, your tank must move Queen Vallnara every few seconds to allow your melee DPS to safely DPS; as well as moving the tank themselves out of the AoE.
Overall, it's a pretty simple fight. Move out of the AoE's, tank the Gnar Hatchlings, and do not let more than 2 Gnar Hatchlings be alive at a time.
Foul Cascade Loot
Krasimir Barionov's Loot
[Abomination's Toothpick]
[Ancient Stillmore Robes]
[Barionov's Hexer]
[Barionov's SKull]
[Corroded Carver]
[Lichborne Footguards]
Countess Surin Skenobar's Loot
[Countesses Fencing Gloves]
[Cruel Marksman's Footpads]
[Hauberk of the Endless]
[Skenobar Family Claymore]
[Skenobar Family Crest]
[Surin's Bloodstained Spaulders]
Matron Verosa's Loot
[Gaurdian of Undead Command]
[Verosa's Abhorrent Tunic]
[Verosa's Illusive Pauldrons]
[Verosa's Untouchable Bow]
Queen Vallnara's Loot
[Blackened Chitin Protector]
[Cobalt Infused Signet]
[Engraved Gnar Shell Fragment]
[Vallnara's Eye]
[Vallnara's Planewarped Chitin]
[Vallnara's Uncorrupted Antenna]
Foul Cascade Quests
(1) Corrupted Queen
Starts with: Automatically Accepted
Kill: Krasimir Barionov
Kill: Countess Surin Skenobar
Kill: Matron Verosa
Kill: Queen Vallnara
Ends with: Quest Log(2) Corrupted Rituals (Defiant)
Starts with: Uriel Chuluun
Collect: Heart of Mordant Pyromancer by killing Mordan Pyromancers
Collect: Heart of Endless Bloodmender by killing Endless Bloodmenders
Collect: Heart of Malevolent Necrothrall by killing Malevolent Necrothralls
Collect: 3 Shade Essences by killing Shades at Boss Altars
Ends with: Uriel Chuluun
TIP: You should collect the Hearts while clearing trash to each Boss. Once the Boss is dead, use the Heart at the Boss Altar to spawn the Shade. Kill the Shade to collect the Shade Essence.
Boss Altars in Foul Cascade(3) Heart of Stone (Defiant)
Starts with: Dacia Ultan
Kill: 4 Earthen Mounds
Ends with: Dacia Ultan
TIP: The Earthen Mounds spawn mobs as they are reduced in health. Make sure to kill all of the mobs before further damaging the Earthen Mound.
Earthen Mounds in Foul Cascade(4) Orders from Alsbeth (Guardian)
Starts with: Ivan Coppertooth
Collect: 3 Alsbeth's Plan Pieces at Boss Altars
Ends with: Ivan Coppertooth
TIP: There is a Alsbeth's Plan Piece located at each Boss Altar.
Boss Altars in Foul Cascade(5) Gnar Residue (Guardian)
Starts with: Professor Whent
Collect: 4 Earthstone Residues by killing Earthen Mounds
Ends with: Professor Whent
TIP: The Earthen Mounds spawn mobs as they are reduced in health. Make sure to kill all of the mobs before further damaging the Earthen Mound.
Earthen Mounds in Foul Cascade
